Misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis
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Patterns of misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that presents with variable signs and symptoms. This variability in the clinical presentation may result in misdiagnosis, unnecessary referrals and misleading information to the patients. OBJECTIVES To identify the types of misdiagnoses made on the presentation of MS. METHODS Fifty consecutive MS ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006583